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And then there was the Pride Crossing

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SamphiretheTervosaurReturneth · 28/06/2023 13:17

I hardly ever start posts here and yet here I am, 2 in less than an hour!

Cheltenham says no to Pride crossing... cos it' too expensive, and they had a lot of negative comments about the one in Gloucester.

Tides are a-turning

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5908wd00wo

A rainbow flag crossing

No rainbow crossing for Cheltenham amid cost and safety concerns

A councillor says he was told the crossings are costly and come with safety considerations.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5908wd00wo

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 28/06/2023 16:21

for cars to brake on it and not skid

I wonder how bikes fare? As a cyclist I'm always a bit nervous on line pain in the wet or winter, and I'd hate to go over a huge section of it like that.

MrsJamin · 28/06/2023 16:07

They've repainted the one in Reading this year, all our bloody Labour councillors are totally captured. It's virtue signalling at its worst. So many reasons not to paint it and they go ahead anyway when they've significantly put up council tax in a cost of living crisis. Idiots, the lot of them.

Soontobe60 · 28/06/2023 16:03

SageRosemary · 28/06/2023 13:43

So, how will Pride people manage to cross the road without a rainbow?

By identifying as a lollipop lady 😳

MichelleScarn · 28/06/2023 15:57

ErrolTheDragon · 28/06/2023 15:44

Here's some horses who weren't keen.

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Horses of HATE!!
I'm assuming they were sent to be re educated?

AmandaHoldensLips · 28/06/2023 15:47

They look bloody awful - there's one up the road from me and it looks really shabby after just 1 year. It's also difficult to see and is definitely a safety issue for partially-sighted people and support dogs.

ErrolTheDragon · 28/06/2023 15:44

MichelleScarn · 28/06/2023 14:22

Was there not a huge issue with police horses and guide dogs and 'Pride' crossings?

Here's some horses who weren't keen.

AlisonDonut · 28/06/2023 15:38

It isn't paint. It is thermoplastic. Which is plastic, with tiny spheres of reflective glass in it. It has to meet certain criteria for reflection and for cars to brake on it and not skid.

I used to test it for a living.

SinnerBoy · 28/06/2023 15:35

Chersfrozenface · Today 15:14

There's a very good letter from Transport For All regarding colourful crossings.

In conclusion, they're a pointless waste of money and effort and represent potential hazards to many people, as well as guide dogs and Police horses finding them disorientating.

During a cost of living crisis.

WickedSerious · 28/06/2023 15:29

SageRosemary · 28/06/2023 13:43

So, how will Pride people manage to cross the road without a rainbow?

No idea,maybe the same way they'll manage to continue shopping in Tesco once the 'All Are Welcome' rainbow signs are put away on Saturday.

Diddykong · 28/06/2023 15:25

They aren't great if you have a child who thinks it's a mario kart rumble strip.

BCCoach · 28/06/2023 15:04

We have one. It's on a Pelican crossing so not a hazard for sight-impaired users as it might be if on a Zebra crossing. Most people locally like it as they think it is in support of the NHS.

DialSquare · 28/06/2023 14:50

SageRosemary · 28/06/2023 13:43

So, how will Pride people manage to cross the road without a rainbow?

Follow the chicken?

SmokeAlert · 28/06/2023 14:47

It's "pridewashing" surely. Makes absolutely no difference to the lives of LGBT etc. and can be harmful to other groups as well as a waste of money.

MichelleScarn · 28/06/2023 14:22

Was there not a huge issue with police horses and guide dogs and 'Pride' crossings?

Chersfrozenface · 28/06/2023 14:20

MagpiePi · 28/06/2023 14:03

I have done quite a lot of work with designing road markings, and they have to be used and marked out in very specific and detailed ways so that they are legal. I'd love to know how they justify these crossings that aren't to the legal standards. If someone got run over on one they would be right up shit creek.

I gather, from, er, discussions about a colourful crossing in my neighbourhood, that markings in variegated colours are not illegal provided they are on crossings controlled by lights.

However organisations such as the RNIB, Guide Dogs, Transport For All, Scope and the Alzheimer's Society disapprove of them on any crossing, because they pose a risk to people with visual and cognitive impairments.

AmbleInAnnBoleyn · 28/06/2023 14:19

Good.

DemiColon · 28/06/2023 14:17

They are still popular here in Canada, I'd say ubiquitous.

Though if I had to pick, I'd like to get rid of the giant Black Lives Matter written in the road in the downtown of my city, you can't really tell what it says when you are driving and it really makes the road there confusing, where there are already multiple lanes, lights, and bike lanes.

Kendodd · 28/06/2023 14:17

I like them, I think the colours pretty up a town.
Unfortunately, they're not safe, not standard, confusing for both drivers, pedestrians and guide dogs. I'm a little surprised they're legal tbh and an accident on them would be interesting, as to where everyone stood legally.

Palmfrond · 28/06/2023 14:11

Interesting that the Gloucester one didn’t include the trans baby blue/baby pink 🤮 flag which, frankly, has ruined Barrett’s Licorice Allsorts for me.

IcakethereforeIam · 28/06/2023 14:03

I bet the paint is expensive because it's nonstandard, probably bespoke. There might also be a minimum purchase quantity. If it can't be mixed in small batches, the Council might have to agree to buy the entire amount even if they were only going to use a fragment of it.

MagpiePi · 28/06/2023 14:03

I have done quite a lot of work with designing road markings, and they have to be used and marked out in very specific and detailed ways so that they are legal. I'd love to know how they justify these crossings that aren't to the legal standards. If someone got run over on one they would be right up shit creek.

Madcats · 28/06/2023 13:58

The Gloucester crossing was looking distinctly tired when I used it last Summer; it must look terrible by now!

I don't understand how they cost £1,000 per stripe.

Beowulfa · 28/06/2023 13:58

I get off a bus stop early in order not to have to use one.

Chersfrozenface · 28/06/2023 13:50

SageRosemary · 28/06/2023 13:43

So, how will Pride people manage to cross the road without a rainbow?

I know right?

And the NB folx, having to use a black and white crossing. I mean, it's so binary.

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